YFK Marks 66th Anniversary Of First UN Security Council Resolution On Kashmir
By News Desk
Kashmiris Demand Right To Self-Determination In The Longest Running Dispute On World’s Agenda
YFK Marks 66th Anniversary Of First UN Security Council Resolution On Kashmir
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Kashmir is at the heart of a possible nuclear confrontation between Pakistan and India, therefore it is obligatory on the peace loving nations across the globe to come forward to resolve the dispute peacefully. Kashmiris do not seek compensation for the wealth they have lost, they do not demand financial aid to help them better their lives. All they ask for is to let them choose who they want to be, let them choose their identity. The people as resilient as Kashmiris just want their Right to Self-Determination.
This came in a statement issued in Islamabad and Geneva yesterday by Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK), Pakistan’s first youth-led Kashmir lobbying group, on the occasion of Kashmiris’ Right to Self-Determination Day.
Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world observe the Right to Self-Determination Day every year on 5th January with the pledge to continue their freedom struggle till it reaches its ultimate goal. It was on 5th January in 1949 when the United Nations Security Council passed a Resolution supporting the right of Kashmiris’ to decide their future by themselves.
The YFK;
- Insists that India’s military occupation end immediately.
- Calls on New Delhi to meet international standards of justice and fair play by withdrawing the occupation army from Srinagar and all other Kashmiri cities.
- Demands that India allow Kashmiris to take charge of their government as a first step towards resolving the international dispute in accordance with UNSC Resolutions.
- Appeals to the European Parliament, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, OSCE, ASEAN, SAARC, the Arab League, and the OIC to recognize the right of Kashmiri people to Self-Determination, and view it as the unfinished agenda of the freedom movement that led to the independence of both Pakistan and Indian in 1947 through a democratic and legal struggle where people voted to join either Pakistan or India after the departure of British forces from the region. India sought UN help in 1948, culminating in the Security Council Resolution of January 5, 1949.
- Reminds the world of the democratic nature of this Resolution. The first clause reads: ‘The question of the accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.’
- Urges the United Nations Security Council to seize itself of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Kashmir, where India’s military occupation authorities have been found involved in arbitrary and extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, denial of basic civil liberties, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. We urge that the world body should play its key role in resolving the Kashmir dispute for perpetual peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.
The YFK lobbyists and activists are working in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir, and in New York, Brussels, Geneva and Islamabad, to rally the world around the admirable and courageous freedom movement of Kashmiris, where women, men, students, doctors and professionals continue resistance and civil disobedience against India’s occupation army.
Rights activists worldwide can join in this movement by following our Twitter handle @kashmir4pak and Facebook page YFKOfficial.
The YFK is a grassroots lobbying group led by young Kashmiris and Pakistanis working to ensure justice to Kashmiris living under Indian military occupation.
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